Wire clothes-pin.



B. B. 81 DE CREVECOEUR.

WIRE CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 1915.

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BARTON BAY BRIAND DE CREVECOEUR, OF BANNING, CALIFORNIA.

WIRE CLOTHES-PIN.

' Application filed May 5, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that LBaR'roN RAY BRIAND onCanvnoon'on, a citizen of the United States, residing at Banning, in thecounty of Riverside and State of California, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Wire Clothes-Pins, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to clothes pins made of wire. a

One object of the invention is to produce a duplex pin embodying twoseparate and independent clamping members which may be engaged byseparate garments for the purpose of holding the same in suspension fordrying purposes.

A further object of the invention is to produce a duplex clothes pinhaving duplex line-engaging eyes or members spaced apart so that thestrain of a garment in one direction will produce a tilting action ofthe pin, whereby the eyes will frictionally engage the line to retainthe pin against sliding.

lVith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same con sists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawing there is illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of aline having several pins and showing portions of garments supportedthereby. Fig. 2 is a front view, enlarged, of one of the pins. Fig. 3 isa side view of the same. Fig. A is a horizontal sectional view taken onthe line 4% in Fig. 2, and looking in a downward direction. Fig. 5 is afront view of the pin showing the side portions thereof distorted asthey would appear-when engaged-by portions of garments, the latter beingindicated in dotted lines.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

The improved clothes pin is formed of a single piece of stout resilientwire. the same being bent midway between its ends to formSpecificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3Q, 1915.

Serial No. 26,099.

a loop A having limbs or side members 15 and a bridge piece 16, whichlatter in the completed pin is at the upper end of the loop. The limbs15 are passed across one another, as seen at 17, and are then reverselybent, as at 18, 18. the end portions of the wire being carried upward toform clamp bars 19, 19 that lie adjacent to the limbs of the yoke A.Beginning at a point a short distance below the bridge piece 18 of theloop A the end portions of the wire are diverged laterally or outwardlyto form the side members 20 of an oval frame B, said side members beingbrought together at the upper end of the frame and intertwisted to forma neck portion 21 from which the wire ends are further extendeddivergently in an upward direction to form arms 22 having terminal eyesor coils 23 engaging the line 24 which may be made of wire, wire rope,cord or any convenient and appropriate material.

It will be observed that by crossing the limbs of the loop A at thelower end of said loop, said limbs are interlocked, thus interlockingthe lower ends of the clamp bars 19 which lie adjacent to the respectivelimbs of the loop. The upper ends of the clamp bars, however, are freeto move outwardly with respect to the limbs of the loop to a limitedextent. as clearly seen in Fig. 5, the

movement being limited owing to the fact that the upward extensions 20of said clamp bars are twisted together at 21. It will be observed thatowing to the interlocking formation at the lower extremity of thedevice, the loop A will be twisted so as to lie in a plane at an angleto the plane occupied by the frame B and the clamp bars which formportions of said frame. The loop A, however, does not occupy such aposition that the clamping bars 19 will enter between the limbs of saidloop, but Said clamping bars will contact with the said loops so as toproduce two separate and independent holding clamps, each composed of alimb 15 and a clamping bar 19, and the two clamping devices be separatedand spaced apart by the. bridge piece 18 of the loop A.

In the operation of this device, a plurality of the clothes pins arestrung on the line 24. To apply a garment a portion of said garment isintroduced through the frame B between the side members 20 of saidframe, and is then forced downward between one of the limbs 15 and oneof the clamp bars 19.

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Another portion of the garment may then be in a similar manner connectedwith the next pin. A second garment may then be connected with thesecond clamping device of the second pin and in like manner with aclamping device of a third pin, and so on, as will be clearly seen byreference to Figs. 1 and 5. It is obvious that any one garment may beremoved without disturbing the remaining garments. It will also be seenthat when a series of garments are suspended on a line, the pm at theend of the line will be subjected to a strain in one direction only,whereby it will be somewhat tilted, as seen at 25 in Fig. 1, therebyslightly twisting the line and producing a friction between the line andthe eyes 23, whereby the pin will be prevented from slipping readilyupon the line.

It will be seen from the foregoing that I have produced a clothes pin ofsimple and inexpensive construction which will be found to be thoroughlyefficient for the purposes for which it is provided.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. A wire clothes pin comprising a frame having downwardly extendingclamp bars connected and spaced apart by an intermediate upwardlyextending 106 mm; limbs of which are interlocked by crossing the samesaid frame being provided with upwardly extending divergent arms havingterminal line engaging eyes or coils.

,2; A clothes pin formed of a single piece of wire by bending the sameto form a loop having limbs crossing each other at their lower ends, theend portions of the wire being bent vergent arms having terminal lineengaging eyes or coils.

ln-testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BARTON RAY BRIAND DE UREVEUOEUR.

Witnesses: r 7

B. C. TERRY, J. H. NOWLIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

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